Chapter 126


    Elgiri wouldn’t utter a word about it


    Otherwise. Hawley would probably faint, or at the very least, his blood pressure would shoot through


    the roof and he’d be out cold for days.


    ‘Grandpa, why do you care so much about this kid?” Elgin slowly started. “I’ll have more kids in the


    future.”


    The moment Hawley heard this, he blew his top. “Future? Will I even see the future? I’ll be six feet


    under by then, and even if you popped out ten, I wouldn’t see a single one!”


    Then I just take their pictures to your grave.


    “You” Hawley clutched his chest. “You’re trying to give me a heart attack! Elgin, I’m asking for one tiny


    favor, can’t you just grant me


    that?”


    Phedra kept smoothing things over, trying to calm him down, Your health is what matters, the surgery is


    still going on, and we don’t have the results yet. Don’t scare yourself.”


    “Didn’t you hear what Elgin said!


    “That’s not what the doctor said though.” Phedra replied, “Come on, let’s wait for the surgery to finish.


    Then again, with her usual fake concern, she asked, “What happened to Letitia, anyway? She’s been


    fine, right? After all those health checks and all the supplements we’ve been sending her as


    nourishment, why’s she in the OR?”


    Elgin answered nonchntly, “She’s just not meant to have this child.”


    Hearing this, Hawley was ready to hit the roof, “What do you mean not meant to?!”


    “Grandpa, I know you want to have a great-grandchild. Once Letitia’s health is back on track, we’ll try


    for another baby.”


    After a pause, Elgin added, “If all goes well, it could be this year.”


    After all, the Ramirez family is loaded. They can afford the best doctors, nannies, and maternity nurses


    to take turns pampering and caring for Letitia.


    It’s not like he had any fertility problem. He was in the prime of his life.


    So having a child should be a piece of cake, right?


    His kid with her… that’s gonna be AquaCity’s most pampered child.


    “You… you’re not even panicking or sad? Hawley sensed something was off, “That’s your child, don’t


    you feel a thing?”


    Elgin didn’t respond, just kept looking at the clock.


    The doctor said it would be about an hour. It’s almost time.


    Phedra was also feeling antsy, more and more confused by the situation.


    Even if Elgin detested Letitia, considering her the enemy’s daughter, the child was still his flesh and


    blood. Why was Elgin showing no emotion at all?


    Seems like he’s really got a heart of stone, to be this indifferent even to his own child.


    No wonder he’s in charge of the Ramirez family. You’ve got to be cold-hearted to stay on top of the


    power game.


    Phedra thought to herself, my son’s got to pick up some of this ruthlessness!


    Hawley was sighing left and right, looking a decade older as he sat on the bench.


    Elgin wanted to say that the kid wasn’t his, nor did it belong to the Ramirez family.


    But then he thought better of it… Forget it


    Saying that would only lower Letitia’s standing in grandpa’s eyes even more


    He still had ns for her, given her unique status.


    Phedra felt likeughing, but had to hold it in, she didn’t want to give herself away, so she had this


    weird look on her face.


    “Forget it, forget it, it’s just my old bones that aren’t up to it,” Hawley got up, “Let’s go, I should head


    back. I can’t sit here waiting for the doctor to deliver bad news… my heart can’t take it


    “Father, maybe you should wait, just in case.”


    What in case is there left.”


    Phedra held him back, “It’s almost time.”.


    She wasn’t about to leave just like that, not until she heard the doctor say “they couldn’t save the baby’


    with her own cars. That would put


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    her mind at ease!


    Just then, the lights in the OR went out The hallway dimmed, but Elgin’s eyes sparkled.


    With a chick, the OR doors swung open and the doctor emerged, mask removed, “The surgery was…”


    Elgin cut him off, asking straight up, “What about the baby?”


    He couldn’t let Hawley hear the doctor say, “The surgery went well, but the baby was lost”!


    The doctor caught Elgin’s drift and reacted quickly


    I’m sorry, we did everything we could, but we couldn’t save the baby, the doctor corrected himself, “Mr.


    Ramirez, don’t be too heartbroken. You and Mrs. Ramirez are young and healthy, there’s always a


    chance to have another child.”


    Elgin just grunted in response


    “Mrs. Ramirez is quite weak now, still under anesthesia, she needs to be moved to a ward for proper


    care, the doctor said, “She should stay in the hospital for at least a week to fully recover


    After that, the doctor left


    Elgin stood still, not moving an inch For some reason, now that he had aplished this task, there


    was no joy in his heart.


    Instead, there was this heavy sense of loss, panic, helplessness…


    As if he had lost something very important


    Elgin instinctively felt it was because Letitia would hate him for the loss of the child, and that was


    causing these emotions.


    His heart was racing. He pressed his hand over it


    This panic would fade, he thought. It was just some inexplicable emotion.


    Little did Elgin know that what he had lost was the most important thing in his life.


    The doors to the OR were wide open. The nurses wheeled out the stretcher, with Letitia lying on top,


    her hair a mess, with an IV needle in


    her hand


    She looked pale as a ghost. Elgin touched her hand, her fingertips were icy.


    Hawley’s sighs echoed down theidor


    Elgin followed the stretcher into the ward and shut the door with a bang.


    He was going to stay with Letitia.


    His phone rang, and Elgin picked it up, “Hello?”


    “Mr. Ramirez, Ranen asked cautiously, it’s almost noon, when will you being to the office?”


    “I won’t make it today.”


    “Uh… okay.”


    What else could his assistant say when the boss called off work? Nothing but to follow orders!


    With a troubled frown, Ranen entered the conference room.


    “Ranen, Samson spoke up. “What’s the deal? When’s Mr. Ramirezing?”


    Ranen replied, “Mr. Stewart, Mr. Ramirez said… he’s noting to the office today”


    “What? Did something happen to Mr. Ramirez? Why is he suddenly taking off?”


    Elgin has always been the role model around here, neverte, always on point for meetings, and never


    misses a beat with clients. And today, out of the blue, he decides to just bail on work?


    “Good god, Samson coughed into his fist, looking a bit taken aback, “Well, in that case, I guess I’ll take


    the reins of this meeting.”


    Now that Gin’s dropped the ball outta nowhere, and now he’s gotta pick it up.


    He wondered what went down


    Samson’s the deputy head honcho of thepany, sharp as a tack and with people skills to match, so


    he’s definitely got the chops to


    win the crowd over


    The meeting kicked off without a hitch.